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Rukmini Callimachi

During the nine months we spent reporting on the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires, many families shared fears of returning to houses contaminated with chemicals. We followed a couple and their children home.

Blacki Migliozzi

With the help of professionals, we tested the family’s home in Altadena, Calif., finding dangerous levels of lead, beryllium, cadmium and chromium months after the fires were put out.

Rukmini Callimachi

These toxins are not just in the family’s house but also in their bodies. A lab analysis of a lock of the daughter’s hair found 10 times the normal level of arsenic.

Blacki Migliozzi

There are no accepted standards for how an insurer should remediate a smoke-damaged home. Our reporting found that the state’s largest insurers were ignoring science and driving families to return to unsafe homes.

Emily Steel

Uber monitors passenger feedback for risky driver behavior. But I found that some drivers accused of serious sexual assault had records of prior complaints.

Emily Steel

After reviewing thousands of documents, I discovered that Uber’s systems recorded patterns that the company’s own data scientists had flagged as potential risks.

Emily Steel

One 2017 document revealed how Uber’s data scientists found that sexual assault was 12 times more likely if a driver had previous sexual misconduct complaints.

Emily Steel

My ongoing investigation into sexual violence during Uber rides has revealed a problem far bigger than publicly known. Executives prioritized expanding Uber’s business over strengthening protections.

Emily Steel

Uber says it is one of the safest ways to get around, with 99.9 percent of trips in the United States occurring without incident.